25 years ago today - arguably the first mass casualty event in the Long War was the suicide bombing that killed and wounded the Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers at the Marine Barracks in Beirut.
I would be remiss to forget to mention that 58 French soldiers died that day, too.
Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam.
Photo by Ron Williams.
Beirut.VA Employee Haunted By Aftermath Of Beirut Barracks Bombing. The Denver Post (10/20, Pankratz) profiled Bonnie Tierney, who served as the mass casualty officer in charge of identifying US servicemembers killed on Oct. 23, 1983, at the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. Today, Tierney, who works as the facilities-management administration officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver, "has post-traumatic stress disorder and takes anti-psychotic medication to battle suicidal urges." Tierney says she held her feelings in "for 20 years," and "I found myself going towards Pikes Peak with my little Honda where I was going to commit suicide. I don't mind people knowing that, and I don't mind people knowing that I'm on medication." The Post added, "On Thursday, there will be an elaborate ceremony at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., honoring the men killed in the Beirut barracks. Tierney has been invited," but "she said she probably won't go. It would be too hard for her."
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I would be remiss to forget to mention that 58 French soldiers died that day, too.
Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance: In Memoriam.
Photo by Ron Williams.
-Mongo
Damn...
I remember that day. I was on active duty in the ASWOC when all the phones and teletypes went off. Lots of latent hostility that day from guys too far back to do anything except pray and donate blood.
Respects,
I could have done without it having been turned political though.......but that's just me, I guess.
Thanks for the reminder. I knew USMC CPL Alex Munoz. He graduated Bloomfield, NM high school two years ahead of me. God bless them all.
Remembering my son's brothers of another mother...... Rest easy, you are not forgotten.
For my murdered brothers. My war began on that day.
Semper Fi.
I AM A CONSERVATIVE WHO VOTED FOR REAGAN. BUT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM, WEINBERGER, AND ALL THE "INTELLIGENCE" PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE US CUT AND RAN. WE SHOULD HAVE NUKED SYRIA AND IRAN ON 11/24/83. BUT THE BA'ATHIST REGIME OF SYRIA IS WELCOMED BY BUSH AND RICE.
GOD SAVE US.